Digital Goa, Oct 30 – With phenomenal rise in cyber frauds committed through fake e-challan websites and unverified payment links, the Directorate of Transport has advised citizens to verify traffic challans and make payments exclusively through authorised government portals and applications.
The advisory states that the Directorate of Transport and Goa Police issue electronic challans for traffic violations across the State to ensure road safety and compliance.
Citizens can verify and pay challans through the national portals echallan.parivahan.nic.in or echallan.parivahan.gov.in. Assistance is available at helpdesk-echallan@gov.in or on 0120-4925505.
The State-specific portals listed are echallan.goatransport.gov.in and goa.goa.gov.in. Goa e-challan queries can be emailed to support@goaechallan.com. Helplines are 6364184282 and 8147085763 for South Goa, and 9972909702 and 9972909581 for North Goa.
The notice identifies the WhatsApp broadcast account as “Goa e-Challan”, using +91 9902673257, and the SMS sender ID as GOATRF. Additional helplines listed for goa.goa.gov.in are 1600013039 and 18003099020.
The advisory, signed by Director of Transport Arvind B. Khutkar, urges citizens to avoid fraudulent sites and unverified links while carrying out e-challan transactions.
